Photos of Open Streets Community Event in Bree Street, Cape Town- 18/ 01/2015

Open Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who they are, and how they move. http://openstreets.co.za

Photos of Open Streets Cape Town event, 18th of January 2015

Thanks so much to all the participants and the organizers Rebecca and Marcela for such a great event, gathering us all for a fun community day! That’s what community is truly all about, sharing our skills our talents in a fun and positive way.

Thanks to everyone who came and experienced some Brain Gym/EduK fun.

Let’s do it again soon.

Open Streets Free Community event in Bree Steet, Cape Town Sunday 18th of January 2015. Giant Scrabble

Shout out Corner: thanks Stephen to have ceated the space to allow us to tell our message through speech or singing openly to family, friends, loved ones, to the world. That was brilliant!!

Belly dancers

Belly Dancers

Capoeira

Capoeira

Capoeira

Capoeira

Photos by Aurélie Lemière Copyright – All rights reserved

Open Streets Cape Town Manifesto

Cape Town’s streets could be much more than they are. By embracing the concept of Open Streets, all of us who use them can create places that embody respect for everyone.

We, the people of Cape Town, believe that streets should be:

Welcoming to all
Places for movement , recreation and expression
In harmony with local cultures and values
Able to meet changing needs
Contributing to a healthy society and thriving business
Part of distinctive and active neighbourhoods
Friends of Open Streets support these principles, and undertake:

To treat with respect and courtesy all who use our streets
To actively create inclusive public streets
To find ways to bridge the social divides of our city
In short: to actively create streets that embody and generate respect for all the people who use them, regardless of who they are and how they move.